ZEALOTS

Noun

zealots

plural of zealot

Source: Wiktionary


ZEALOT

Zeal"ot, n. Etym: [F. zélote, L. zelotes, Gr. Zeal.]

Definition: One who is zealous; one who engages warmly in any cause, and pursues his object with earnestness and ardor; especially, one who is overzealous, or carried away by his zeal; one absorbed in devotion to anything; an enthusiast; a fanatical partisan. Zealots for the one [tradition] were in hostile array against zealots for the other. Sir J. Stephen. In Ayrshire, Clydesdale, Nithisdale, Annandale, every parish was visited by these turbulent zealots. Macaulay.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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